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    Warren Farrell has been pivotal in developing a gender consciousness amongst men. He argues that power is the ability to control life choices rather than the ability to earn high pay and achieve public status. This perspective arose after listening to "successful" people talk about their sense of powerlessness.

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    Warren Farrell has been pivotal in developing a gender consciousness amongst men. He argues that power is the ability to control life choices rather than the ability to earn high pay and achieve public status. This perspective arose after listening to "successful" people talk about their sense of powerlessness.

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    WarrenFarrellhasbeenpivotalindevelopingagender

    consciousnessamongstmen.Inthemid1980s,hestartedto
    questionhispreviousassumptionsaboutgenderrelationsand
    conductedprimaryresearchintothevaluesimplicitinwomens
    spendingpriorities(Farrell,1988).Thissuggestedawholly
    differentperspectiveonthepurposeofmenshighstatusand
    income.Changingtheframeofreferenceandthereforethe
    criteriaastowhatis,andisnot,anexpressionofpoweropeneda
    newdebateaboutgenderrelationsthatfeedsdirectlyintopay
    equalitydebates.
    Farrellarguesthatpoweristheabilitytocontrollifechoicesrather
    thantheabilitytoearnhighpayandachievepublicstatus.This
    perspectivearoseafterlisteningtosuccessfulpeople(usually
    men)talkabouttheirsenseofpowerlessness,andarealisationthat
    manysuccessfulpeople,intermsofcareersuccess,arefrequently
    lonelyandatconsiderableriskinotherways:
    Byreconceptualisingpowerascontroloverourownlives,wecan
    askquestionsthatillustratethelimitationsofourtraditionalview
    ofpowerasstatus,incomeandcontroloverothers.Doesa
    companypresidentwhohasneverknownhowtobeintimatehave
    power?DoesathirteenyearoldOlympicgymnastwhohasnever
    knownwhethersheislovedforherselforforhowsheperforms
    havepower?Doesaboywhomustregisterforthedraftat
    eighteenandisshotthroughthefaceinVietnam
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    havepower?Doesabeautifulwomanwhomarriesadoctorhave
    power,whensheneverdiscoversherowntalents?Whichofthese
    peoplehavepoweroverhisorherownlife?
    Farrell,1988:10Powerisconstructedasthecapacityofapersonto
    accessfivethingsonalevelequaltotheir

    expectationsanddesires:

    Externalrewards(e.g.income,possessions,status)

    Internalrewards(e.g.emotionalrelease,positiveselfimage)

    Interpersonalcontact(attention,affection,loveandrecognition)

    Physicalhealth(wellbeing,attractivenessandintelligence)

    Sexualfulfilment(satisfactionofdesireandenjoymentofsensual
    pleasures)Thisconceptualisation,therefore,putsinternal
    rewards,interpersonalcontactandsexualfulfilmentonapar
    withexternalrewardsinunderstandingthelandscapeofpower.It
    alsomakesitpossibletotheorisethatapersonsocialisedtoearn
    income,possessionsandstatusthattheydonotneedordesire(to
    fulfilthedesiresofanother)isdisempoweredratherthan
    empowered.Farrellspositiondrew(andcontinuestodraw)onthe
    feministtraditionbyembracingthegoalofemancipationfromsex
    rolescombinedwithgreatersexualfreedom.Hisfindingsfrom
    interviewsandfocusgroupsessions,however,revealagrowing
    anxietyamongstmenaboutworkandwomen(muchasBetty
    Friedanfoundamongstwomenin1963whenshepublishedThe
    FeminineMystique).Hissuggestionthatmensacrificetheir
    personalwishesforhigherpay,andareoftendisempoweredbythe
    healthproblemsassociatedwiththeirpositioninsociety,endeda
    periodduringwhichhewasthr

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